Legal Opinion
Ellingsworth v. Chrysler
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 1, 1981No. 81-1053PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EAST, District Judge.
Defendants-appellants Chrysler, Banning, and Waller appeal from the denial of their post-trial motions to set aside a default judgment entered against them after they failed to appear at trial in a diversity action.
On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court may relieve a party or his legal representative from a final judgment, order, *183or proceeding for the following reasons: (1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect....
*182I. BACKGROUND
The defendants are owners of taverns in Illinois. According to the amended complaint, the defendants or their…
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